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1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
1991 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC) 1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC 1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1954 J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC) 1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC) 1922 Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik 1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC 1911 Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC 1905 Ruby Middleton Forsythe, teacher, 50 years in 1 room school in SC 1897 Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife, SC 1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC 1886 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern U.S., at Charleston SC, 110 die 1876 Race riot in Charleston SC 1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC 1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC) 1868 Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, SC 1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC 1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC 1863 After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC 1863 Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1831 1st U.S. railroad honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Charleston, SC 1824 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC 1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC 1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1773 1st U.S. public museum established (Charlestown SC) 1735 1st opera in U.S. "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC 1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC 1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC 1526 Lucas Vazquez de Ayllo, Spanish colonialist (settles SC), dies |
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